Infrastructure

In "DISASTER: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security," authors Christopher Cooper and Robert Block shed light on the series of actions that led to the government's woeful response to the catastrophe.

July 31, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

Rubber sidewalks are gaining popularity due to their resilience and cost benefits over concrete.

July 28, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor

How do we redesign cities to meet the needs of a changing world? Anupam Saraph poses questions for Mumbai's planners.

July 27, 2006 - The Indian Express

Altoona, Pennsylvania, is proposing to replace its current private trash collection system with a municipal single-hauler contract to help combat blight, but opponents say that the city is removing consumer choice.

July 25, 2006 - Altoona Mirror

As global competition increases, mega airports are becoming more prevalent, and more important. From Dubai to Hong Kong to Bangkok to India, these emerging 'airport cities', or 'aerotropolis' are being designed as the center of new urban regions.

July 25, 2006 - Fast Company

Los Angeles faces projections of a population increase of up to 5 million people by 2030. The city's residents and planners are trying to come to terms with growth as a necessity, but the city's developer-friendly attitude has angered many residents.

July 25, 2006 - Los Angeles City Beat

Beirut, thoroughly rebuilt and rejuvenated since the Lebanese civil war, has been heavily damaged in the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, although there is still hope that its downtown may be spared.

July 21, 2006 - WTOP

After a century of enjoying clean water from the tap, the city's may need to start filtering its water supply.

July 21, 2006 - The New York Times

A recent commentary argues that surface-level boulevards may be bigger barriers to waterfront pedestrian access than the elevated freeways the replace.

July 19, 2006 - Reason Foundation

With less than 300 residents, the town of Vienna, Maryland, has been grappling with the idea of growth for years. The town's mayor is now supporting a plan that will let the town grow, but not explode.

July 19, 2006 - The Baltimore Sun

Neal Peirce comments on the role of private investment in mega-road projects.

July 18, 2006 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Private investment in Amtrak is increasingly seen as part of the solution for the poorly performing national rail service.

July 18, 2006 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Activists in Chicago are seeking private funding for a pedestrian bridge.

July 16, 2006 - The Chicago Tribune

A University of South Florida professor predicts that a hurricane with similar intensity as Katrina would cause even greater devastation to Tampa Bay than was experienced by New Orleans in 2005.

July 12, 2006 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Los Angeles Times special report looks at California's crumbling highway system and identifies the state's worst roads.

July 11, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Architects, artists, urban planners, developers, designers and historians comment on the world's formerly most livable city, why it's lost the title and how to can reclaim it.

July 11, 2006 - The Age

Decades of metropolitan growth have outstripped most American cities' ability to provide adequate infrastructure, leaving them extremely vulnerable to disruption.

July 8, 2006 - The Providence Journal

Morristown, New Jersey, wants to ban any new bank branches from the town's business district to protect its lively pedestrian character.

July 8, 2006 - The New York Times

Cambodians frustrated with shoddy trains and inconsistent service have taken transportation into their own hands, constructing and operating trains made primarily out of bamboo. The trains run at nearly 25 mph and are largely meeting transit needs.

July 7, 2006 - BBC

Half a century later, Interstate highways have transformed the face of modern America.

July 3, 2006 - The Washington Post